Italian Reacts To WEIRD (but genius) THINGS IN FINNISH HOMES

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[@saturahman7510]

The cutting-board is meant for cutting bread. People use separate plastic cutting-boards for vegetables, etc, because they are easy to wash.

[@Mojova1]

As a Finnish person I don't understand how the toilet floor is weird? It is a floor and there are drains where the water goes. The whole space is insulated for moisture. You don't cover the floor with anything except maybe a small toilet/shower matt that you remove when you take a shower. After you push the water in to the drains with a floor wiper if you want. The toilet floor is usually tiled or cover with a plastic floor material. There are never any carpeted rooms in Finland. The cutting board in the drawer is not basically used for anything else than bread, and new houses and apartments don't have that because no one uses it.

[@Songfugel]

It is weird, since making the whole bathroom waterproof just didn't occur to many other countries. Especially baffling, since they use baths, which have a potential to cause incredible water damage But Japan has taken a step even further than Finland, they are manufacturing bathroom units as one seamless plastic cast block, that can be installed as is, and require only the utilities to be added to it. All the walls, floor, ceiling, the bath etc are all just one plastic block

[@Ricamros]

There are ever any carpented floors in Finland, would we even have the term kokolattiamatto if that were not the case? Unlikely to be found in rentals though. Also you don't know what people use their stashed cutting boards for. It's removable and washable so sure as hell you can use it for other things if you know how to take care of a cutting board. Also also I don't take my bathroom carpet out when I take a shower, which I probably should but what I'm trying to say is you're like, REALLY bad at making generalizations.

[@Songfugel]

@@Ricamros Just because we have a term for something, it doesn't mean it was used in Finland. They do exist and are sold normally, but are rather rare in residential apartments, and I personally haven't seen any since the 80s outside of hotels and offices. Kokolattiamatto can often refer also to some plastic flooringd and easier to clean carpets with hard short hairs very different from the harder to clean dust/dirt sponges often seen in US media. While they are in general a pretty horrible option in Finland due to the climate (dirt, mud, snow) especially for families, they can have their advantages in some rare cases, like adding in some extra noise and shock absorption. However, personally I still think normal removable carpets are better in every single way

[@pamelakilponen3682]

Dish drying cabinet was popularised in Finland in the 1940s by Maiju Gebhard.

[@rustyspace900]

I believe the smaller sink in the kitchen is mostly intended for washing potatoes and other food. Also for rinsing the manually washed dishes.

[@jattikuukunen]

It's quite common to have two large sinks in kitchen, it's for rinsing dishes in still water as a water saving measure. Often, the second one is smaller to save space. I don't accept a justification where both sinks are not used simultaneously.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Salmiakki is very popular in all Nordic countries, it's (as a Swede) the only candy I eat, it's also quite popular in the Netherlands and I think in the Baltic states. I have no proof of it, but I suspect that it comes from eating salted herring for hundreds of years. The stove looks a bit old, and the furniture in general, well, it's IKEA so cheap, but not for me. I prefer things that will last, if I sell them after 10 years of use it's better than throwing them away. But then I am a woodworker, and take a bit of pride in my work. And I enjoy furniture that's 200 years old and still holds together. I have never seen a hand cranked table like that, but I'm not that fond of adjustable table tops anyways. At least here, the left sink is for rinsing the dishes after cleaning them in the right one, and here they are usually the same size. The left one is also often used when peeling potatoes and carrots and such, you just sweep up the peels and put them in the trash afterwards

[@Zami80]

Dude I didn't know you play poker! Cool! I just started following your videos and I always play 1-2 tables at the same time as I watch.

[@Prii1635]

As a Finn I don't ever understand cause our summer nights are light I can't sleep we have everything over Windows what ever we can get that our bedrooms are darg at nights. Different thing is when I go examble holiday to hotel or visit family they don't understand I can't sleep at light. So I understand you when you came here its hard.

[@Songfugel]

8:50 It is a Finnish invention, that is why so many people mention it in Finnish videos. Outside of a handful of European countries, they aren't used That kitchen looks pretty old tbh, maybe mid 90s? Not that they have changed all that much tbh, since it is pretty good design overall. Finnish kitchen sinks are usually quite different from what they have, most common ones are the ones with two equally sized big sinks, instead of the one with the small one and a big one. In some rare cases there are three, two big ones on the sides with a that tiny one in the middle They aren't for washing your hands, but ofc can be used for that, but for separating dirty dish water (on the right) from the clean one (on the left) where you can wash your veggies or put your washed dishes before putting them up to the drying rack. This streamlines the dishwashing quite a bit, especially since now you can have two people working together. While the other one is washing the dishes, the other sink can be used for cooking or rinsing the dishes clean before putting them up onto the drying rack. Or whatever use people have come up for them And the drying rack inside the cabinet is in every single Finnish home I have ever been to. Even though I personally use only the washing machine for everything that it can be used for, I still use the drying cabinet for storing most of the dishes, since I think it just works 1000x better than storing them in a cupboard 10:49 the cutting board is very good extra table space when you are cooking, but most of us don't use the built in boards (since they are a bit of a hassle to keep hygienic, especially in a rental apartment) but most people tend to use a separate cutting board that they place on top of it. Since you can stack about 1-3 cutting boards (depending on thickness) inside it, and it will still be able to close

[@mauronicolo89]

8:50 , i didn't know it was a finnish invention , really interesting! 10:49 , it makes more sense to use it that way, i'm all for saving space in the kitchen, especially in very tiny ones

[@Songfugel]

@@mauronicolo89 Most don't, and even a lot of Finns try to claim it can't be Finnish, since it is found outside of Finland. It was invented by a Finnish home economics teacher Maiju Gebhard in 1944 Finland has a LOT of inventions that are integral to our daily lives that most people (not even most Finns) know are Finnish inventions/products For example Linux, IRC, SMS messaging, xylitol products like chewing gum, margarin that lowers cholesterol instead of raising it, heart rate monitors, AIV fodder (greatly increases fodders lifespan), 99% of mobile and smartphone technologies (especially the network ones) are legacy from Nokia's R&D, hormone coils, reflectors for pedestrians, maternity packages, maternity clinics, ice breakers, the black box (in planes etc), Vaappu fishing lures and a million different farming, military and snow condition tools and chemicals... just to name a few significant ones Also products like Nokia, KONE (huge portion of world's elevators), Fiskars scissors (the ones with orange handles that fit your hand and seemingly never dull), MySQL (majority of internet is run on Linux + MySQL, both of which are Finnish inventions), Android phone's OS is based on Linux as well. Many of the famous games were made by Finnish companies, like: Angry Birds, Clash of Clans, Noita, Control, Max Payne, Cities: Skylines, Habbo to name a few

[@ArchieArpeggio]

I didn´t know you commonly have those drying cabinets in Italy too. I tought that it was rear to see those in anywhere else. Even i n Sweden i haven´t seen those ever and Sweden is our neighbour country. They use those table racks too... Those cutting boards are meaned only for cutting your bread. There is too much efford to take the whole thing out and start to wash it so no way that you should cut meat, fish or veggies on those. Dave didn´t pul out that upper board either. It would propably been cleaner. Someone has clearly ruined that one already. Someone have propably putted hot cattle or something else becouse it looks little bit burned.

[@debsiduracel]

My finnish daughter lives in Italy, and her 4th apartment she lives in now (recently bought) has now a dish drying closet in the kitchen as her 🇫🇮-dad renovated the kitchen with Finnish style. 3 previous apartments she lived in did'nt have them either. So not every italian flat has them.

[@mauronicolo89]

i thought they were more popular

[@JarppaGuru]

12:19 means 1 piece

[@Paltse]

Kpl = kappale, meaning one unit of something.

[@mauronicolo89]

Thanks! I really thought it was a currency lol

[@mythbusters866]

@@mauronicolo89 Kpl is same like English pcs Sweden = st Germany = St Estonian = tk Russian = экз., шт

[@tonikaihola5408]

Yeah I hate those plastic/rubber floors as well. Current and previous apartments have/did have wood or compound wood.

[@jattikuukunen]

It's now the trend to have a plastic floor that mimics wood. My apartment has one of those, it was installed on top of the old plastic floor when I moved in.

[@Prii1635]

KPL (kappale) that means one piece

[@Prii1635]

Wow as a finn I've never even thouht to store anything else with that ikea Bissa then shoes cause shoes can smell omg so bad.

[@riqu-elmeri6473]

When are you coming to visit here in Finland?

[@mauronicolo89]

Hopefully this year

[@saturahman7510]

Nobody can afford all those furniture. Usually people buy things from secondhand-shops, including curtains, clothes, shoes, plates, cups.. especially furniture.

[@penaarja]

🤔Wtf, not getting this?

[@saturahman7510]

​@@penaarja I am not getting anything from you, because you have given me nothing.

[@penaarja]

@@saturahman7510 nobody can afford🤔. Just buy something fancy old things from secondhand

[@saturahman7510]

​@@penaarja I do not fancy anything. But poor people also need clothes and furniture etc. I have found many clothes from the trash.

[@penaarja]

Kitchen is from late 80 or 90's. I Dont even remember when I had stove like that. And fuck did they not have A Sauna? 🤔🤭

[@mauronicolo89]

Do they usually have a sauna in the apartment?

[@tonikaihola5408]

@@mauronicolo89depends! Many older apartments (before 2000) don’t have one. More common after that. likely you will have a shared sauna in the apartment complex and you have a weekly time slot when you can have a sauna session. My current apartment has one and it’s the first that did. Have lived in 5 places before (in Finland) that didn’t .

[@penaarja]

As 20 yo lived In 59m2, one bedroom, living room, kitchen an bathroom+ sauna

[@ArchieArpeggio]

Smallest apartmens like single studio apartments usually don´t have sauna even if it´s quite new. I have rented this apartment february 2018 and i am one of the first ones that moved this building as it was new. And small apartments like this doesn´t have usually sauna. I wouldn´t mind if the livingroom would be 5 squares smaller to have sauna in here. I also have bigger apartment at my home city and it 73,5 squers and it´s from the 70s. There is no sauna either. Actualy in that building it is forbidden even to build sauna into the apartment. There is not enough of ventilation so no sauna in there either 😐.

[@Jappe132]

Didn't know you play poker. What level are you playing? I'm a micro tournament grinder.

[@mauronicolo89]

That's great man! I do play omaha poker pl25 and pl50 , still low levels 😅

[@Jappe132]

@@mauronicolo89 Well that is high level for me as I play $1-$4 tournaments.

[@Prii1635]

I think that house is rented house if you have own house you can get more modern kitchen and you can choose what is everywhere ❤ As our house is ❤️❤️❤️